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Ideation
Ideation in startups aims at generating ideas that can be turned into the best practical and innovative ways to inspire new and better design solutions and products.
The seminar session had Mr. Anuj Sharma as its speaker. He is currently the Operations Manager at Advance Hydrau Components Pvt. Ltd. The talk focused on the questions arising from the startup's first stage, what ideation means, and aspects to look after while ideating a business.
Startup Culture - Annual Entrepreneurial Gathering
It was the third annual entrepreneurial gathering since the conception of EIC. This session featured entrepreneurs, Mr. Sachin Dubey; CoFounder and CEO of Module Innovations, Ms. Jilma Peruvangat: founder and CEO of Kozhnosys; and Dr. V. Premnath; founder and Director of the Venture Centre, as our speakers, who gave an insight about entrepreneurship as a career in different fields of Science.
Industry Lecture Series
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell, with the University of Goettingen, hosted an 'Industry Lecture Series' where entrepreneurs like Gwenda Schobert and Madhur Jaehar
shared their expertise and experience in Indian markets.
Gwenda Schobert, the Managing Director at Enspireco Services Pvt. Ltd. and the founder and CEO of Gwenda Glocalista and entrepreneuress.in., shared her insights on how Indian markets differ from International ones, MVP testing, branding, and strategy positioning for each market. She also held a one-to-one mentoring session with a few selected startups from Pune, out of which she shortlisted these startups based on which she could assist them best to grow.
Madhur Jawhar has set up an Industrial Plant, Pristine Surface, that provides surface coating solutions for automobile parts. He also worked in Greenway Grameen Infra for six years. In this talk, he shared his insights on strategizing the marketing and sales in India's rural market, effective project management, and planning as an Indian entrepreneur.
Ideation and Design Thinking Workshop
Rural Innovation Workshop
A collaborative venture between Selco Foundation and the scientists from IISER Pune, Rural Innovation Workshop challenged participants to find innovative solutions to problems and obstacles faced in the rural communities in India.
Coffee with a Startup
Coffee with Mr. Tanuj Gigras
The very first event of ‘Coffee with A Startup’ was held by EIC, IISER Pune on 6th October 2016. The speaker of this event was Tanuj Gigras, the co-founder of Nayam innovations. Tanuj is an applied physicist turned investment banker turned entrepreneur. Nayam Innovation is working on developing an artificial implant to treat cataracts. They are building an innovative intraocular lens that treats cataract and their post-surgical refractive error complications. Nayam Innovations have received $100k funding from Villgro. In this interactive session, Tanuj gave us very good advice. He pointed as for a scientific startup, it is important to consider the inherent risk of the product and approach. Also it is so important to reduce the technical risk of the product.
Coffee with Dr. Peter Thomassen
The second event of ‘Coffee with A Startup’ held by EIC, IISER Pune on 20th October,2016. The speaker of this event was Dr. Peter Thomassen. Peter is involved in different startups. He is currently CEO at deSEC which is a Berlin-based start-up committed to making the Internet more secure. deSEC is providing innovative crypto-technology to enhance the functionality of the DNS – the backbone of the internet.. It is a China digital marketing company specializing in digital marketing strategies consultation, technical solutions, and implementation. Peter was CTO and member of the board at dotHIV, which is a charitable organization that owns and operates a portal(.hiv), dotHIV for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) awareness and donations.
Coffee with Khethworks
The fifth installment of 'Coffee with a Startup' was held on September 2, 2017. It had Katherine 'Katie' Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Khethworks as the speaker. Khethworks is a startup that builds and develops solar-powered irrigation systems to ensure consistent water supply year-round. Their patented design of centrifugal water pumps is about three times more efficient than pumps of similar size. Katie was also listed in the 2017 edition of "Innovators 35", which is awarded/published by MIT Technology Review.
Dasham
Here’s what happened in the first event of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of IISER Pune ‘Dasham’.
The EIC interviewed 10 Startup Founders on 31st May 2016. We tried taking a sneak peek into the minds of modern-day founders who pursued untrodden paths to create something novel. We asked them to share nuggets of wisdom, and snippets from their wonderful journeys, to gather insight into the startup world. It was immensely intriguing and inspiring to learn of their experiences as well as the hardships they overcame to achieve their goals.
The suggestions by the founders could serve as a roadmap for aspiring student entrepreneurs when they start their own journeys. They will also help build contacts and develop close relations within the startup ecosystem.